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			<title><![CDATA[Vietnam trade bill defeated by US House]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1198</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In a striking blow to free(er) trade principles, a bill in the US House of Representatives died after failing to receive the two-thirds majority required under special House rules. The bill would have normalized trade relations with Vietnam, thus paving the way for a Vietnamese entry into the World Trade ...]]></description>
			
			<author><![CDATA[Brian Dear]]></author>
			
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			<![CDATA[Globalization]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:07:23 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[My vision of globalization]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1193</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The concept of globalization as I mean it, is not necessarily the homogenization of cultures, but more the homogenization of economic systems to facilitate the unencumbered exchange of products and ideas. Globalization is the economic equivalent of freedom of speech. Of course, we all know that freedom of speech is ...]]></description>
			
			<author><![CDATA[Brian Dear]]></author>
			
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			<![CDATA[General&nbsp;,&nbsp;Globalization]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:12:27 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rice Solution]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1185</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The recent failure of free trade agreement talks between the United States and Korea is frustrating. The "sensitive" issues of rice (for the Koreans) and textiles (for the Americans) are harming consumers on both sides of the ocean. The debate about the Korea-US FTA sounds very familiar to the debate ...]]></description>
			
			<author><![CDATA[Brian Dear]]></author>
			
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			<![CDATA[Offshoring]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:15:20 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[China quietly pressures North Korea]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1183</link>
			<description><![CDATA[China exported no crude oil to North Korea in December, according to Chinese customs administration reports. China delivered the entirety of its September oil exports to the United States as opposed to the typical 50,000 metric tons per month shipped to North Korea. China exported about 125,000 tons of crude ...]]></description>
			
			<author><![CDATA[Brian Dear]]></author>
			
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			<![CDATA[General]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:40:39 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Korea threatens war.. again]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1173</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Pyongyang has threatened war if South Korea joins the UN mandated sanctions in response to the October nuclear test. On the surface, this seems provacative and suggestive that hostilities would resume if the South participates in the sanctions. However, North Korea has a long and predictable history of posturing in ...]]></description>
			
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			<![CDATA[General]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:14:16 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[About Blogger: Brian Dear]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1171</link>
			<description><![CDATA[From photojournalist to Army officer to nightclub manager to writer, Brian Dear has lived globalization as much as he has written about it. As a Reuters photojournalist, Brian’s photos have been published in most major magazines and newspapers across the globe. Brian is a former writer-in-residence at the famed Shakespeare ...]]></description>
			
			<author><![CDATA[Brian Dear]]></author>
			
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			<![CDATA[Blogger Bios]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:07:24 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A letter to Rep. Kevin Brady on US-Korea FTA]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1170</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The following is the text of a letter I sent to Congressman Kevin Brady of the 8th District of Texas. Brady is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and serves on the Joint Economic Committee. In the midst of negotiations with Korea regarding a proposed Free Trade ...]]></description>
			
			<author><![CDATA[Brian Dear]]></author>
			
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			<![CDATA[Globalization]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:42:50 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rice: Korean trade policy is harming consumers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1169</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The economic development of the Republic of Korea is a modern success story of how an agrarian society can transform itself into a technological and industrial powerhouse in one generation. Korea is the 12th largest economy in the world and companies such as Samsung are leading the world in technological ...]]></description>
			
			<author><![CDATA[Brian Dear]]></author>
			
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			<![CDATA[Globalization]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:41:21 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Outsourcing the Drive-Thru]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1168</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ever have trouble with the drive-thru? Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon has a theory about drive-thrus, you may remember. The wisdom of Pesci lives on..We can outsource and offshore just about every product or service, unfortunately, the drive-thru will probably always remain a bastion of inefficiency, regardless of improving staffing ...]]></description>
			
			<author><![CDATA[Brian Dear]]></author>
			
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			<![CDATA[The Funhouse]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:40:14 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Korea-US Free Trade Agreement]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1167</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The head strategist for the Republic of Korea’s ruling party has suggested that Seoul push for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States. He argued that a FTA would be a key contributor to the national security and economic interests of South Korea."The signing of a Korea-U.S. free ...]]></description>
			
			<author><![CDATA[Brian Dear]]></author>
			
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			<![CDATA[Globalization]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:38:53 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Globalization, Economics and Education]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1166</link>
			<description><![CDATA[outsourcing -- the buying of parts of a product to be assembled elsewhere, as in purchasing cheap foreign parts rather than manufacturing them at home.offshoring -- the practice of moving business processes or services to another country, esp. overseas, to reduce costs.The hysteria raised by US and British groups over ...]]></description>
			
			<author><![CDATA[Brian Dear]]></author>
			
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			<![CDATA[Offshoring]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:35:52 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Outsourcing and Economic Gains]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1165</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Groups opposed to offshoring and outsourcing often riddle their rhetoric with economic untruths and propaganda designed to capitalize on the limited economic literacy of many Americans. Lee Conrad, national coordinator of Alliance@IBM, an affliliate of the Communications Workers of America union has suggested that offshoring efforts by IBM will result ...]]></description>
			
			<author><![CDATA[Brian Dear]]></author>
			
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			<![CDATA[Offshoring]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:33:27 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reuters, India and the Newspaper Guild]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sourcingmag.com/blog/blog.asp?bi=1163</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Reuters operates a large office in Bangalore where reporters and financial analysts work to produce market-moving stories about small and mid-cap corporations in the United States. On the surface, this appears to be yet another move by a major corporation to "outsource" or more accurately, "offshore" jobs to less expensive ...]]></description>
			
			<author><![CDATA[Brian Dear]]></author>
			
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			<![CDATA[Offshoring]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:30:17 -0700</pubDate>
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